The article below from the Dow Jones Newswires caught my attention this morning. I have actually been following this story for a couple of days now and realized I haven't seen this anywhere in the mainstream media. Why not? Granted this isn't the same as the horrific Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, however it is a spill nonetheless. Chevron is taking responsibility for it which is commendable. BP took responsibility for Deepwater Horizon, but they are vilified still today. (This is despite the fact several other companies have been found to share the blame - which we don't hear about either.)
RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–The Brazilian unit of major U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. (CVX) takes “full responsibility” for a leaking well bore that left a sheen of crude staining the Atlantic Ocean, a company official said Sunday.
“Any oil on the surface of the ocean is unacceptable to Chevron,” said George Buck, president of Chevron Brasil.
Chevron has plugged the appraisal well that was the primary source of the leaking crude, which traveled to the surface through a hole in the well bore after the rock wall of the well failed, Buck said.
Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, estimated the leak at between 200 and 330 barrels of crude per day, which was “in the ballpark,” Buck said. Another government estimate put the total volume of the spill at 5,000 to 8,000 barrels. Buck said that estimate was also “in the ballpark, perhaps high.”
Chevron has not used any chemical dispersants on the oil slick on the ocean’s surface, using only mechanical dispersion and collection, Buck said. He denied that Chevron was using sand on the sheen.
-By Jeff Fick, Dow Jones Newswires
Does anybody have any theories on why this environmental disaster isn't being covered? I would love to hear any input or theories.
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